Dubious Past of New Mexican Saint
Raises Concerns About Canonization

By

David Luhnow Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated April 17, 2002 11:59 p.m. ET

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MEXICO CITY -- These are difficult times for the Catholic church. An ailing pontiff clings to power in Rome while a growing sex-abuse scandal scars its image in the U.S. Even in the Church's Latin American stronghold, rival Protestants are winning converts daily.